How to PUT xml to a REST interface with Basic Authentication

Webdevotion — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:36:31 +0000

Well, this thing got me going for a couple of hours before things worked out. Using HTTPService did not seem to be the way to go. Long story short: URLRequest to the rescue!

// basic authentication var encoder : Base64Encoder = new Base64Encoder(); encoder.encode(username + ":" password); // send xml var header1:URLRequestHeader = new URLRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/xml"); // authenticate var header2:URLRequestHeader = new URLRequestHeader("Authorization", "Basic " + encoder.toString()); // accept xml as response var header3:URLRequestHeader = new URLRequestHeader("Accept","application/xml");


var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest( urlToRestAPI );

// mmm, maybe not necessary = allready in the headers

request.contentType = "application/xml";

// push the headers in the request

request.requestHeaders.push(header1);

request.requestHeaders.push(header2);

request.requestHeaders.push(header3);
// put your xml in a string: "
my summary
"

// generate an XML instance from the string

var xml : XML = new XML( s );

// put the xml in the request instance

request.data = xml;

// use PUT ( could depend on the API you are using, check the docs )

request.method = "PUT";

// use the loader to send the request

var loader : URLLoader = new URLLoader( null );

// wait for the complete event to do other amazing things

loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,onTicketUpdated,false,0,true);

// fire in the hole!

loader.load( request );

// take a deep breath and wait a sec

// for the complete event to be triggered

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How to PUT xml to a REST interface with Basic Authentication